“Egyptian National Railways Responds to Broken Glass Incident on Luxurious Talgo Train”

Books – Islam Lutfi:

The Egyptian National Railways commented on what some people have circulated on a social networking site, Facebook, regarding the presence of a broken glass in carriage No. 1 of Telgo Train No. 2025, last Wednesday.

The authority clarified the full details, which were:

– The glass was broken as a result of one of the mischievous children throwing stones at the train.

– Throwing at this train, which is the most luxurious Egyptian train, which is comparable to the most luxurious European trains, which the Egyptian government, represented by the Ministry of Transport, was keen to contract on to provide the highest levels of service and luxury to the public of passengers, in addition to the continued throwing of mischievous children and vandals of all types of trains, despite the ongoing awareness campaigns that It is being implemented by the Ministry of Transport and the Railways Authority, which it has started since the start of improving this facility through various media to address this negative phenomenon. It requires the active participation of citizens in raising awareness of this dangerous phenomenon, which causes damage to passengers and train drivers, and damage to tractors and train cars of all kinds. For all citizens, which serve millions of passengers daily and which are then repaired from the railway budget, which is a burden on that budget.

– The Railway Authority confirms that the awareness campaigns carried out by the Ministry of Transport and the Authority also included awareness of the other negatives that some reckless and frivolous citizens do when dealing with the railway facility, such as trying to board the train before moving or leaving it while moving, or taking the train in places not designated for riding. , riding between carriageways or on rooftops, pulling emergency cords on trains, smoking inside passenger cars, passing through unprepared places, breaking into closed slides, throwing rubbish on railroad tracks, riding a train without a ticket, and other negative behaviors that cause Loss of life, endangering the lives of citizens, disrupting the movement of trains, and large material losses borne by the budget of the railway facility owned by all citizens.

The Railways Authority has reiterated its appeal to all citizens to actively participate in raising awareness of the dangers of these dangerous negative phenomena that occur from some citizens when dealing with the railway facility, which is witnessing a great renaissance and tremendous development in all its elements and a huge qualitative leap in the levels of service provided to the public in the railways. The era of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi.